Stephen Colbert lampoons “cell phone cure for Alzheimer’s”

Last week, I wrote about a recent study with preliminary evidence suggesting that mice may have benefited cognitively from cell phone radiation. The story percolated in headlines and television programs worldwide, as “breakthroughs” about AD tend to do, but ultimately most experts declared it a canard.

Thanks to the Twitter feed of our friend Niles Frantz at the Alzheimer’s Association, I learned about the latest TV personality to lampoon the story: one Stephen Colbert. The clip is below, and should arouse a laugh or two.

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And the scientific spokespersons for the National Alzheimer’s characterized the results as “interesting and worth of further exploration.I wonder if the National Association is planning on dumping some of our donations down this rabbit hole in hopes a cure may come out next Groundhog day?

Funding research to make the world safer for elder mice is perhaps not the best way to invest limited dollars in research about a condition that impacts millions and millions of us.

hey Richard, well said. I hadn’t heard the Natl Alz Association declare the study “worth of further exploration”. I suppose it is “interesting”, but agree with you that scarce resources can be put to much better use.